The ideas chipped away at the civic hackathon will be presented in a curated exhibit called "The Art of Civic Hacking" this fall, says Richard Bookman, 61, a pharmacology professor at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and one of the organizers of Hack for Change: Miami. More than 200 people have registered to join the brainstorm June 1-2 at LAB Miami.

"I would like people to walk away understanding more what civic hacking is and to think differently about the reusability of government data," Bookman says. "We really want to try to take a small step to bridge the gap between developers and artists."

You don’t need to have coding experience to get a sense of civic involvement. Participants can start contributing to the ‪Miami Wiki‪, a locals-driven guide about the city and its residents.

“The idea of a wiki inspired me because I’m relatively new to Miami,” says Ernie Hsiung, 36, a software engineer who launched Miami Wiki. “When I moved from San Francisco to Miami Beach, all the local guides targeted tourists. I was looking for a resource by locals for locals.”